(Leiden 1662–1747)
Portrait of a lady with a landscape background,
signed and dated on the lower left: W van Mieris/fecit 1690, oil on panel, 22 x 17 cm, framed

Provenance:
Collection J. van den Berg;
sale Amsterdam 15th July 1833, Lot 158;
sale van der Smick, Brussels,1868;
Galerie Charpentier, Paris (1933);
private collection, Germany

Literature:
C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the 17th Century, Vol. X, London 1928, p 211, No. 410e

The present painting is accompanied by an expert report by E. Bernt (1990).

Willem van Mieris, who studied with his father Frans van Mieris, was one of the last proponents of Leiden fine painting. Most of his work consists of small-format interiors with vegetable- or poultry merchants, or with people playing music. His elegant ladies are distinguished by their small heads and their bodies shaped in keeping with the academic beauty ideals of the period.

Provenance:
Collection J. van den Berg;
auction Amsterdam 15th July 1833, Lot 158;
auction van der Smick, Brussels,1868;
Galerie Charpentier, Paris (1933);
private collection, Germany

Literature:
C. Hofstede de Groot, A cat